If Six flags wants more visitors they need to work on presentation. Clean parks. Costumed characters. Friendly staff. Immersive environments. People want to be lost in a fantasy not feel like they are wondering the AC boardwalk.

Six flags stopped being peak as soon as that old man stopped dancing.

Six flags was always supposed to be a much more affordable option to other parks. You were supposed to be able to go there with your friends and spend maybe $50-70 for the whole day.

I feel like the main draw to six flags is that it’s a cheaper alternative to Disney/universal/etc. drastically raising the prices like that was such a horrible idea

One thing you didn't bring up was the loss of the dining pass and parking pass. That's one of the biggest reasons they lost 50% of season pass holders.

Everyone wants to make premium parks, but only rich people can afford it. I used to love disney, but even if the parks were good (which im so sad at how they've ruined the parks), i cant afford to go. Even though i live like 15 miles away, i just cant. Its so sad. So much stuff is becoming so overpriced i cant do anything anymore.

So another CEO that destroys a once loved brand and when the place crumbles, he walks off into the sunset with a sweetheart deal from the board for his “hard work”

Six Flags over Georgia is so ghetto. Daily fights, cars getting broken into, harassment from the locals.. It's just not worth the headache anymore.

It's funny how Selim says he wants to put effort into maintenance. He's talking about predictors for maintenance like train upgrades and big changes, but it's the day-to-day keeping things running that keeps attractions being charming for years to come. You can't just let Monster Mansion run without maintenance until the time comes to make upgrades. You're going to see ridership decrease while it looks bad, and many people won't come back if the upgrade isn't big enough.

I watched the whole video before commenting. I want to say as an average 30 year old consumer with no kids, everything is overpriced right now and I can barely keep up taking care of myself. Going to Six Flags is the furthest thing in my mind. Raising prices wont help, however building new rides and sparking my interest might. I havent gone to Six Flags New England (local) in years because its the same old s***. Im not going to go AT ALL, let alone pay more than I did before until I see something new. Last time I went it felt like a waste of time and money. SALEEM WAKE UP! PS great video

we went to six flags over texas 2 years ago and it was so dirty and the ride operators were so rude and literally almost started a fight with one of my friends simply because we couldn’t hear which lane to go to. i think improving the overall experience would help a lot as well bc it was horrible

I live near Frontier City and I remember being SO PISSED when Six Flags bought them out bc they hiked the prices up without changing anything at all, to the point that most people can’t afford to go at least once a year like they used to. So to hear that this new CEO intends on rising the prices even more just infuriates me. If they had only raised the prices after adding new rides then I wouldn’t be as upset, but raising the prices as soon as you bought the park without making any major changes is a serious red flag to me.

I feel like a lot of people will just read the title/thumbnail and not actually listen to the video: While this video does highlight challenges and struggles faced by Six Flags, it also suggests that the company might be taking steps to improve its situation, including a renewed focus on investing in new thrill rides and acknowledging the need to make strategic changes. The title "The Death of Six Flags Is Getting Ugly" seems to imply a more dire and negative situation than what the video as a whole describes.

As someone who lives near the six flags Great America and used to frequent it before covid because it was in the area, it has gone downhill. There is a lot of empty space, lack of things to do for families, lack of variety in amusement/entertainment, and it's become a place where a lot of teenagers loiter. Six flags used to be worth the price of admission, but now it doesn't even it's not worth it anymore. Especially because things are so expensive too. Idk. There isn't a pull to go or even just hang around

I was there on ground zero during 2020 when Six Flags Over Texas closed in the middle of spring break running Runaway Mountain. I lost my job at my new park in 2020 at Six Flags Great Escape because they wouldn't let us open (I was promoted and move there during the pandemic). The pandemic hit us hard. I was re-hired at Six Flags Over Texas after having to move back south down. I earned my white shirt from being an event staff during the whole "it's time to get back to work" movement to work security. Here's the thing that videos like this don't really delve into and it's the employees on the ground. A lot of us across the board, across the country even, were sore at all the shake ups and changes happening so fast. A lot - I mean A LOT - of old guard left in various levels of management from on-scene at parks to on high at corporate going into the 2020s. The new blood filling the old shoes had a lot of pressure on them to perform and there were a lot of... interesting decision made... employees up and down the ladder can feel when the top of the ladder shakes. My final days at Six Flags Over Texas in 2021 I saw the old CEO leave after he had just made a bunch of popular - albeit expensive - quality of life improvements. Better pay, better hours, rumors spread of even dismantling the old system and making "full time/part time" the norm rather than it being a rank/privilege of the upper management. "Full times"/"Full time" was slang used for upper management because only the big bosses and such were "full time employees" with good pay and benefits. I have worked 96 hours in one week before at Six Flags Over Texas classified as a "seasonal employee" because Six Flags for so long has been abusing the 'seasonal' employee classification. We worked all year round from Park Services to Security yet most of us on paper were "seasonal employees". We actually had people start getting approved to be considered "part-time" employees. Things were looking up until we found out the CEO that had given us all this good change was out and when the new guy stepped in he immediately reserved a lot of popular decisions - including decreasing a lot of pay raises that we JUST got - and it was an immediate shift. The morale crash I saw will stick with me forever. It was like the life died in the staff because the changes we saw that lot of people wanted for a long time were being turned around at mach-5. I'm not smart. I'm not college educated. I never have been and will never an executive. I do not care if the reverse on a lot of the changes that were made was beneficial overall. The genie was out of the bottle and there was no turning that bus around without a lot of pain and anger. Executives only look up, they never look down. Eventually they will turn around and see the ash and cinder of their deeds done.

I remember when Six Flags was still "Six Flags Over Texas" and it was just a regional amusement park. Still remember the first time I went. Good times.

I wish Six Flags added more dark rides in their parks. Kinda lost interest in them for the most part lately as upside down coasters give me headaches.

I've been going to Six Flags Great Adventure since the late 90s until about 2007, and that place was thriving! I bought the seasons pass this season because it was a good deal. I bought the gold pass, which was upgraded to the platinum pass, and was about $100. This pass included free parking and unlimited access to the park, wild safari, and hurricane harbor. I honestly can't believe how run down the park has become. There is no entertainment anymore unless they have an event for a particular day. Everything is faded or discolored. The restaurants are run down, and the food is expensive and tastes horrible. Most of the staff is rude and looks miserable. It was actually pretty sad to see. The park needs a major face lift/renovation. The only thing the park has going for them are the roller-coasters(when they are open). I really hope the park owners can fund the necessary renovations so the park can thrive again.

Current employee at magic mountain, though maybe for not much longer, we've been losing so much attendance and money that we had to go to a weekend only model, which screws most of the employees over, our turn over rate is crazy!

If six flags wants more visitors, they need to bring back that one old dude that's dances to "we like to party".

you know it’s bad when i’d rather visit six flags over new orleans over any of the other locations.

In my opinion, the problem with Six Flags is that unless you buy a season pass you are screwed! We went there this year with a day pass that at first seemed reasonable. But then they keep piling on the price by making you pay for additional things. For instance, one of the best things about Six Flags was that you got two parks with one ticket! Meaning that you got the regular park and the water park with one price. Not anymore! Now you have to pay extra if you want to go to the water park! Which is unfair to people that will mainly spend their day there in the summer! If they want to do that then they should give you a choice of which part of the park you want to go to and only pay for that park. Like Dollywood does. Because the problem is that they have severely cut the hours of operation now. It used to be open until at least 10 pm and longer on the weekend days. Now they close at 7 pm! So if you go to the water park, which closes at 6 pm, then you only have one hour to enjoy the rest of the park! Which totally sucks! Also $30 for parking for one day is outrageous! They have made it so that unless you buy a pass, they are just going to screw over the person that wants to come for the day. Especially familys on vacation that obviously would not buy a season pass! At least in my area I think that is the main reason why attendance is down!

I grew up 15 min away from six flags and continued to frequent it into my late 20s. I think the biggest down fall has been the unruly teens. My family stopped going because in the past 3 years there has been massive brawls breaking out, several shootings at the front gate, and a special needs kid and his parents were jumped by a group of 10 people. Me and my family dont want to get jumped or shot.

Short story I wanna share, when I worked at six flags america. Me and my brother worked nights cleaning the parks for about 6 months. We just turned on compactors and carried around the garbage bins to said compactors. For a majority of our time we were the ONLY ONES doing this job. Just the two of us, for the entire park. Not saying they were not hiring... No one but us stayed. We've seen guys come and quit not even after a few weeks. One day me and my brother didn't come in for work. Can't remember if we were sick or what, but we missed a night. No one collected the trash the night we were gone. NO ONE. Not leadership, not sending some poor employee, nothing. They literally just left the trash hidden away from guest. And then left it until we came into work that following afternoon. Me and my brother had to make up basically two DAYS of trash, give or take. Specifically behind this one restaurant there was this God awful, eye watering smell. Turns out they left full bins of meat in there. Left it so long that it was literally *filled with MAGGOTS*. Crawling in, out, and on every nearby surface. Yes, me and my brother cleaned it out. Cuz literally no one else would. Its been 4 years. I never forgot that smell.

If six flags would add rides that weren’t just the cheapest, shortest “record breaking” ride available, then maybe people would pay more attention to them than cedar fair parks who actually adds quality rides.

the biggest problem at six flags is the listless employees and the downtime. come to germany there you can see what a difference motivated employees make.

Last time I went to six flags (here in socal), the park was so dirty. And large groups of teens were loudly cussing and cutting lines. Staff was nowhere in sight to clean or make sure park was safe. I was so uncomfortable. I left after only a few hours.

Six flags went from 20 dollars a ticket to like 80

Having visited many other theme parks across the country (as most have), Six Flags can improve their situation quite simply by emphasizing development in areas that work for successful parks. 1) Invest heavily into theming and park presentation, and 2) venture into Six Flags Resorts where patrons can stay at Six Flags themed hotels overnight or for multiple days for multiple park visits.

I took a long break as a season pass holder at Magic Mountain. As a heavy set 56 year old, I might have a tighter squeeze into the seats, but I'm having fun taking my son to the park. Next year he should be tall enough for all the rides. However I have been disappointed at the cleanliness of the park, particularly at the top of the mountain. Also, they can't brag of having the most rides when 4 or 5 of the top trill rides are closed at any given time. I will probably be a pass holder again next year, but I hope some improvements come, maybe even a new ride.

Went to six flags new England last year. Place was trashed. Piss all over the bathroom floors, toilets overflowing. Disgusting food courts, almost half the rides were closed. The staff were all high as hell, the thunderbolt roller coaster malfunctioned and went full speed through the stop zone at the end of the ride and went around a second time, people were panicking and the operator thought it was funny, we paid extra money to not wait in lines and people were blatantly cutting other people and staff would do nothing but let them on the rides. It was like mad max. I’d rather swim in a ditch after a rain storm in la than stick a toe in that water park, people were smoking weed everywhere. Everything was neglected. Felt like I took a wrong turn in a bad neighborhood and the car broke down and we had to walk. DONT GO!!!!

They clearly haven't played Roller Coaster Tycoon 🤣

Whenever they say America is about competition and letting the best people thrive, I remember that multi-billion dollar companies hire the same people who have destroyed their revenue in the past.

I grew up going to Great America and the last time i went was in 2019, went again this year and the prices are ridiculous. I felt like it wasnt worth it. I went to Kings Island a month later and it was 10× better. I had a great time despite me waiting about almost 3 or 4 hours meanwhile my brother and fiancee went on the big coasters.

Plus the atmosphere there, man It's like you walking into a ghetto walmart

Other parks are having trouble too, I think. I went to Hershey Park just a few days back and it was... rough. Half of the rides, food stands, and attractions weren't open for most of the day, and the day I went was particularly crowded, so the few things that were open were overcrowded and almost impossible to actually access. As we were going through the park, various employees were lamenting how understaffed they were, which was causing most of the ride closures. Everyone there seemed overworked and things just weren't as polished as they used to be. I love amusement parks, I really really hope things can turn around for the better soon.

I feel like at this point Six Flags needs to sell of 2 or 3 of their smaller parks and try to invest heavy in the ones that work. It would be a last ditch effort at this point, otherwise who knows what will happen.

Went to Fright Fest this weekend and had many complaints. Including the fact there were no scare actors in costume walking around like there have been in previous years, Paid for Speedy Pass entry to the park (quicker line to enter parking) and sadly the regular lines were going faster than the "speedy" line we paid extra to utilize. One of the haunted house attractions wasn't open but not stated on the app or website but on the boards inside the park state that it opens mid-October. These issues on top of the usual complaints of not as clean of a park, many restaurants closed, unfriendly staff, etc.

Who’s here after hearing the merger with cedar fair ?

The problem with our Six Flags (Six Flags: America in the DC/MD region) has always been the location. It's essentially purgatory but the people from each side get to merge every now and then. You can go one day, have a wonderful time, get some food, take in a show, buy a few souvenirs. Then when it's time to leave, you go back to your car and someone broke into it. Or, you'll go one day and get surrounded by people who want to steal your belongings if you leave them unattended at the water park area, find some way to get into a argument with you, cut in line (every line, no matter what it's for), and fight the ride operators. Yes, this happens in every theme park, it just seems to happen a lot more often at this theme park. We'll go to Virginia to Kings Dominion, which is starting to become more of a backwoods country fair than a theme park so it's not a very good comparison, but for all the negativity with Kings Dominion, conflict is still lower there than at Six Flags.

Six Flags STL has been underinvested for years and it's a unique park because of its landscape and terrain and needs a huge ground up coaster and yes people need to watch this entire video

I’m so glad somebody is talking about the insurance thing with Six Flags, because a friend of mine was hurt to the point of hospitalization due to poor management of the park. To give context he was struck with a phone while riding on the Titan. The staff barely did anything when he was bleeding profusely, I had to wipe him down and take care of him while everybody watched. Even when medical staff finally came the only thing they did was transport him to the office, no bandages or bandaids to stop the bleeding. Only a paper towel. It was such a bizarre situation that could’ve been both prevented and situated better.

Growing up in the projects with a single , poor dad 6 flags and seaworld passes saved us during the summertime. Place used to be our escape..

I think a lot of the content creators for Six Flags parks are in an echo chamber - they are young, without families, and are myopically focused on intense thrill rides, which a lot of people aren't into, and that's exactly what turns a lot of consumers away from six flags and hurts their business. True, they aren't Disney, and they don't need to be, however, they still need to focus on things like park beautification, immersive theming, food offerings, and diversity of entertainment including shows, dark rides, and family coasters. It's the only way they'll actually grow into a stronger brand.

BACK IN THE LATE 1990S...SIX FLAGS IN ILLINOIS....WAS ABOUT $20 A PERSON TO ENTER....

Went to Six Flags California once. It was an absolute nightmare. Half the rides were down, the other half had hours-long lines. The DC experience was lackluster and the whole park seemed dirty. I didnt pay for these tickets and I still felt ripped off.

I'm glad to see that SF will be investing in new CapX projects and maintenance. So many of the coasters need attention! However, none of this helps if they are going to keep the parks short-staffed. I've been to a SF park recently, and there was no staffing for rides and F&B stands.

I bought a season pass for Six Flags Over Texas simply because it was on sale for the same price as a single day pass! I figured I'd pay the same amount either way and at least with the season pass, if I decided to go a second time, I could. Still haven't, though. I love amusement and theme parks, but Six Flags leaves much to be desired.

I used to go regularly and had a membership. Then about two years ago I had gone for freight fest and had to reserve my spot ahead of time so they could “limit guest counts for social distancing.” When I got there, there was more people than I’ve ever seen before and the ticketing site crashed when they opened the gates so nobody could use their tickets. After about 4 hours of waiting in lines to get in and get the maze pass(which costs extra) we saw one show and decided to leave and drive home(1.5 hours) as we were in line for the first maze for a hour. They lied about limiting guests for social distancing and couldn’t even handle the guests they had that night. I told them about how horrible the experience was and they didn’t care so I cancelled my membership and I’ll never go back. Drove a total of 3 hours to go to an overcrowded park and wait around for 6 hours and spend $150 on top of a membership just to see a 30 minute acrobatics show and eat cafeteria grade nachos.

Six flags st louis experience: -Half the rides are shut down any given day, but youre still paying full price to use half the park. -$20 parking, not premium parking just regular parking. But the location kinda forces you to use their parking lot so its just an addon to the price. -Have to spend the entire day waiting in lines by people that either smell like B.O., weed, or both. -half the restaraunts also shut down, but doesnt matter because food too expensive anyways -some of the rollercoasters are ROUGH. Not in like a "wow that was intense" way, like a "that wasnt cool, all it did was hurt my back and neck, who designed this?" Kind of way.

i worked entertainment at a six flags for two and a half seasons. my department supervisor put his hands on me. when i reported him to hr they laughed me out of the park, then fired me. i’m glad to see its downfall.

Six Flags' biggest problem is their people at the top aren't Six Flags people. The company brings in people who have no investment in the wellbeing of Six Flags. For decades Six Flags was tossed from corporate overlord to corporate overlord and viewed as a potential ATM once it gets moved out of liability status.....and the corporate overlord would do nothing to move Six Flags out of that liability status identity. Sell the project to another corporate overlord and the process repeats. A corporation which wants to become Six Flags and make it their crown jewel needs to show up and get to work. ALSO, that 38 million lawsuit payout for the fingerprint scan entry in Illinois was total bullcrap. You don't have to buy a season pass if you don't want "big brother" knowing your fingerprint. Nobody was forced to buy a season pass.

I worked at Six Flags Darien Lake in NY as a team member for the games. My entire summer stint there during the 2023 summer season was awful. My own managers had obvious favorites and many of us weren't those favorites and there was about 25 of us and their were 6 favorites. Those favorites were then promoted to be somewhat like managers yet they were so bad at their job I and several others wanted to quit right then and there. My own managers even made what sounded like threats by saying that if we didn't entice customers in the early morning to spend enough then we'd possibly be fired. Just a warning.

Selim is the personification of the worst person you know just made a great point

Time Warner had it for 2 years then they sold it to Premier parks. And Kieran Burke Messed up Six Flags. He even Closed down Six Flags AstroWorld in 2005.

One thing that irritates me the most is when i go to a park and most of the rides are closed and shops aren’t open, the last 3 times i went to sixflags magic mountain, over two years, not even half the rides were open leading to everybody in this massive park crowding to the open rides, making the lines so long its not even worth going to the park as you will only ride 3 rollercoasters out of the 18+ they have, its absolutely ridiculous.

Six Flags in Arlington was absolutely miserable the last time I went in 2022. 8 hours for 3 rides in sweltering heat, water was a MINIMUM of $5 for a 16oz bottle, with all the walkways being ridiculously crowded. All this for $60 a person??? Naaaaaaah.

Apart from the context of the video, I thoroughly enjoyed every bit of the footage being of Six Flags Fiesta Texas. It is almost never talked about, but honestly has some of the best attractions. I'm a local San Antonian so that makes me happy 🥲 but yeah, definitely has changed unfortunately. I really do hope that Six Flags is reverted back to the early 2000's and 2010's.

As of right now it seems most amusement parks are down even cedar fair is getting poor numbers . As for the plan to make six flags “premium” not doing so great. We don’t know how many new rides the parks will be adding next year but they seemed to drop the ball last year. As for how the parks are ran its pretty hit or miss. Magic mountain is the worst offender right now. It’s ran terribly.

Thank you, this video is spot on. The crazy thing I can't wrap my mind around is: How the so called "professionals" who run these type of so called "big companies", are TOTALLY clueless in seeing the obvious, even to the common man. They are getting what they deserve.

I took my kids to Six Flags Arlington in July and very few people were there. Many of the rides weren’t out of order and after about 90 minutes, my kids were asking to go home. It really sucked.

It’s a good day when attraction ideas uploads

Six Flags St. Louis used to be my 'go to' for years, but after taking a ten or so year break from going and then getting married to someone who preferred Holiday World I haven't been back since. They're basically the same distance from us (Holiday World is a bit closer, but not by much), but I just like Holiday World so much more. Very clean, free drinks, Splashin' Safari right there. We love it.

Awesome content . I dont know how i got here. But i subscribed. Very knowledgeable video and cool to hear all this

I used to be a HUGE fan of six flags fright fest at Great America. Post COVID it is so sad the lack of actors and attractions literally no reason anymore to get a season pass or even visit a first time at this point

One of the problems with Six Flags is that for the most part, they only have roller coasters and carnival-style rides. They need to build some dark rides with animatronics and also more themed live action shows.

Tell me why would the CEO position exist anymore? It's obsolete like cassette players

Loved Six Flags Great America as a kid and genuinely miss how absurdly busy it used to be nearly every summer day we went

"Weather is gonna be bad every year going forward." Dark, but true

Love all the Fiesta Texas videos! That’s my home park but I have only visited a few times this year because of the record heat It’s brutal

Interesting video! I just saw that Six Flags Over Georgia announced a new thrill coaster so I hope they are taking a really close look at what people want. It's just hard for me to justify going back to Six Flags multiple times a year because the rides are just ok but the atmosphere is basically non existent. I was a season passholder last year because I found the pass to be a good deal, but it didn't make sense for me to get it this year because I didn't think the park could offer me anything new. The parks need a major facelift & need the atmosphere revamped.

I've worked for many years at a big amusement park. Weather is no joke. In the California Bay area I've seen the amusement park literally close at 1pm due to rain. If there are less park guests than employees on the clock, it's time to go home.

I went to Six Flags St Louis in the beginning of summer. We were sad to see that half of the water park was closed due to low staffing. It wasn't worth going back later in the season if we couldn't enjoy the water park.

It's great they're going back to building rides but they always seem to make poor decisions in that department as well. Like it's baffling why they put low capacity rides in parks that deserve high quality attractions.

Six Flags had some pretty good announcements today. Great Adventure confirmed the Vekoma Super Boomerang, SFA has the Coyote Creek refresh (a steampunk theme like the one around Twisted Colossus at Magic Mountain) along with a new flat (Zamperla NebulaZ). But then SFA hasn't opened the water slide they announced for this year and the summer is almost over.

I remember when I turned 16 was the same year they built the Superman and all new rides at my local 6 flags. We got a season pass for 60 bux and went at least 2 times a week. I took my son in 2022 and he was 2 inches too short to ride the majority of the rides so we had to spend the day on the 5 rides in the looney tunes area.

I went to Six flags this year twice because I bought the golden season pass. I went with my friends the first time and I went with my boyfriend a second time. Its been a long time since I visited the park, since high school, I was surprised with the lack of attendees, the high prices for food, and just how empty it felt. I kept wondering, 'what happened??'

The one thing I don’t think that Six Flags understands is how and where to raise prices. Don’t raise gate prices if you are just going to discount them back down. Set the gate price where you actually need it to be and raise the price on draft beer and bottled water a quarter. Your captive audience is going to pay for those consumables. Improve the merchandise situation-stop selling junk in the gift shops. Get some quality merch out there and charge a premium for it - Cedar Fair is certainly capitalizing on that-I love my hoodie that has a zipper pocket-and I think it was $70.

Is SFFT your home park? I loved seeing the footage. Made me nostalgic for when I lived in San Antonio. My teenage years were spent in the park. Was even my first job! It would be sad for it to go away.

in college, my roommates in i were planning on going to six flags one weekend but never did. i later learned from my best friend that six flags wasn't worth it, no matter the time of year...

We had season passes for 5 years..we left when they started changing special needs policy. It was also at the same time becoming very dangerous with people coming in from the city, there was fights and theft and it wasn't family friendly any more. Shortly after we stopped going we saw in the news there was a shooting in the parking lot.

Looking at a business prospective, I think he used the “no adding” year to asses the business as a whole during a full operation year. Then decided how he wanted to proceed

Six Flags really hit its peak in the 90s.

I noticed it right away during fright night, scare zones were EMPTY and so were the houses

I went to six flags once years ago and it was the worst experience I’ve ever had at an amusement park. I have food allergies, and they refused to let me take in my food with me while also not offering any options in their park that I could eat. I had to go all the way back out to our car just to eat lunch. The park was dirty and trash everywhere, and the staff was miserable. You couldn’t pay me to go back. Especially with Hershey in such a close proximity offering so much more at a similar price point.

Let's just hope that prices get back down to where they were back in 2005-2010 when the other CEO from that time was in charge of Six Flags. I think prices back then was like $10-$15 when i was a kid back then.

Going to visit a friend in DC, will be going to Six Flags Maryland for Octoberfest. As long as the beer and the funnel cakes are good, should be ok haha. The thing about being a "Premium Park" also comes down to world view imo. The thing about Disney, Universal, and SeaWorld is they are World renowned. People come all over the world to Orlando for parks. They can charge a Premium Price solely because for most people, it is a Once in a Lifetime trip for the family to come to the US and go to the Theme Parks. Six Flags just isn't well known outside the US and maybe Canada and Mexico.

I havent been to Fiesta Texas in so long, seeing that sign in the intro hit hard.

The way you emphasize the A in Six FlAgs reminds me of the Christopher Walken Foo fighters introduction story.

Bro made a banger video and is going back to his cave to make another banger in the next 5 months

Six Flags Great America needs to bring back the themed kids areas. The Looney Tunes zone and the Wiggles zone were SO COOL as a kid.

I loved Great Adventure growing up, I was there all the time with my family. The last couple summers it was around $100 just to park and walk through the gates. For one person. That’s just too much for very old attractions that look disheveled, paint rolled up and chipped, lack of cleanliness. I could put up with that if the ticket prices were lower.

Ngl the fact that roller coasters can just break down is the reason I’m terrified of them. I witnessed it happen at a park I was at recently. Thankfully it malfunctioned before it hit the bit loops

I always thought they were pretty dumb when they sprayed warm tapwater through those sprayers at the rides' lines at Magic Mountain. The lines became some 100% humidity jungle in the middle of a desert

I remember going to Six Flags New England in my sophomore year of high school in 2007 for our annual chorus/band trip and competition. Even back then, the park was: 1. MUCH tinier than any of us expected, since we've either never been there before or went there when we were much younger and didn't remember. 2. Absolutely filthy without anyone caring. Someone threw up outside of one of the roller coasters, like, right by the entry line for it, and the staff was just standing next to it, trying to ignore it. When we went back hours later to get last-minute rides in, the mess was still there. 3. Clearly running out of funds and were trying to get money however they could. My friend got a hot dog and bottle of water from one of the vendors and, back in 2007, mind you, it cost them $12.50. Even for current day theme park prices, that's insane. I remember it so vividly BECAUSE of how crazy expensive it was. 4. Trying to compete with bigger parks but had no idea how to. The Superman ride was fun. That's honestly the only ride I can remember partaking in, and I know for a fact I rode at least 4 other coasters during that trip. I can't name a single one of them, however, even with the superhero theme they had. Maybe one of them was a Batman ride? I couldn't tell you. I can tell you every single ride I went on with the trip I took to Disneyland just a few months after because they were genuinely memorable. Honestly, it's been a long time coming. They were probably pretty fun in their inception decade, but with bigger and better parks to compete with, they seriously couldn't keep up.

As someone who has lived near Six Flags Over Georgia my whole life, I had to finally cut them out 5 years ago. It is the most unsafe park one could visit for many reasons, but mostly due to staff. They are basically non-existent. I don't feel safe on a ride with only 2 attendants. Rides break down all the time, staff are rude. Six Flags literally FORCES me to go to Universal, lol. On a positive note, I absolutely loved growing up as a kid going to SFOG.

I haven't gone to Six flags since Covid, but i remember going to Six Flag Great America as a tradition for years. We would once a year between close to the end of summer. As the years went on, it stopped being a yearly thing and just whenever, but still semi frequently. Then covid hit, and we havent gone since 2019 i wanna say.

I work at six flags for spring and summer season of 2021, worked open to close for games (about 12 hours) and it was always crazy busy, mass capacity every day. as a employee you get to vist the park for free, no one did cus the long hours and i took a break from six flags till 2023 in July for a birthday part The park was more dead… rides took maybe 20ish minutes to get on, I say all small riders that weren’t the main coaster were closed.

I'll believe Six Flags cares about Maintenance when X2 has consistently working fire effects and soundtrack

SF America is the closest park to me and I would love to go back, but last 2 times i went, half the rides were down, only 1 or 2 places to eat were open, but seemed all the stores were open. even with the cheap prices it wasn't worth the time or effort to go there.